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Bypass temp external fem-fem at UPMC Northwest

100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$114.60

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$191.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$35.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $648.38 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $35.59 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $48.24 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $59.44 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR ASO $76.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $76.40 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $105.05 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $110.78 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $114.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $117.85 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $120.33 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $120.33 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $124.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $133.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $137.52 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $152.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $162.35 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $534.56 ↑ +366%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $589.44 ↑ +414%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $603.47 ↑ +427%
Aetna Medicare $607.12 ↑ +430%
Aetna of PA Medicare $618.91 ↑ +440%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $618.91 ↑ +440%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $636.54 ↑ +455%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $636.60 ↑ +455%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $636.60 ↑ +455%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $648.38 ↑ +466%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Bypass temp external fem-fem at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,428.80 $18.77 – $3,440.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,349.00 $18.59 – $3,523.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,473.00 $368.25 – $2,209.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $12,069.00 $18.77 – $3,648.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,304.60 $18.40 – $2,880.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,501.40 $18.77 – $3,543.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,781.60 $400.86 – $2,004.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,473.00 $451.70 – $2,209.50

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